What to do if your baby's toenails become thick and yellow

If the baby's toenails turn yellow and thick, parents should be alert to whether the baby has onychomycosis. The baby's immunity is poor. If there is someone with onychomycosis in the family, it is easy to be infected. At this time, the child must be treated in time. Because the baby is young, you must also pay attention to the use of medication. In daily life, you must provide the baby with a clean and good living environment, and you can use some topical medications for anti-inflammatory.

What to do if your baby's toenails become thick and yellow

1. If children have onychomycosis and need treatment, they should be careful not to take or use as little oral medications for the treatment of onychomycosis as possible. The main reason is that these drugs often have side effects such as liver damage, and children are not yet adults, so the side effects are often greater. Therefore, the treatment of onychomycosis in children must be combined with specific factors such as the child’s age and the actual situation of the onychomycosis.

2. In terms of specific treatment, it is recommended to first thin the infected nails, then disinfect them with alcohol cotton pads, and finally apply the medicine to achieve the treatment effect and avoid infecting family members. If the effect is not good, take them to the hospital for examination. To prevent onychomycosis from occurring again, we should actively create a good living environment for the healthy growth of children and keep onychomycosis away from children's lives.

3. Pay attention to the hygiene of children's hands and feet, let them develop good habits of washing hands and feet frequently, and remind them not to share foot basins and foot towels with others. If parents suffer from onychomycosis, they should pay more attention and seek timely treatment to avoid infecting their children.

4. Ensure adequate sleep and do appropriate exercise to enhance your body's resistance.

5. Pay attention to balanced nutrition, eat more light food, especially fresh vegetables and fruits.

6. Wear breathable and sweat-absorbent shoes and socks, wash your feet frequently, change your socks every day, dry and disinfect your shoes regularly, and avoid wearing shoes that squeeze your feet.

Causes of onychomycosis in babies

1. Causes of infection

Children have lower immunity than adults. If someone in the family has been infected with onychomycosis, the child will easily be infected and may also develop onychomycosis.

2. Malnutrition

When the mother is pregnant, her nails are malnourished, which reduces the nail plate's ability to defend itself against fungi and may cause the baby to get onychomycosis.

3. Chemical stimulation

Long-term contact with substances such as gasoline, paint, detergents and strong alkaline soaps changes the acidity and defense ability of the normal skin deck surface, thus inducing onychomycosis.

4. Causes of trauma

After trauma occurs on the skin at the nail site, local resistance and immunity are reduced, making it easy for pathogenic fungi to invade the nail plate and cause onychomycosis. Some babies like to bite their nails, which also increases the possibility of infection.